Raised sill for express and baggage trucks.



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RAISED SILL FOR EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE TRUCKS. APPLICAT ION FILED SEPT. 12. 1916,

1,219,274. V Patented Mar.13,,1917.

UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE enonern MADISON ENGLE, or IBEEVILLE, '1 :ms.

RAISED SILL FOR EXPRESS AND BA GGAGE TB. L CKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Pat :nted Mar. 13, 1917.

Application filed September 12, 1916. Serial No. 119,6: ;7.

1 c all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, (lnonen- Mamson lia'nmd. citizen of the United States; residing at lleeville, in the county of Bee and Ti .ltnte ol" 'loxas, have invented certain new and useful ln'iprovements in Raised Sills in! liXlH'tfih and Baggage Tracks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying ll: drawing.

This invention relates to new and useful iin n-orernents in attachments to express and lmggage trucks and consists essentially in the provision of an extended naised sill and cap which. may be attached t6 an ordinary truck after eon'ipletion or whi e being built and consists of a simple and efficientdevlce of this nature having various details of construction combinations and arrange ments of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompartying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a. truck made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an edge view.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on line 3--3 of Fig. 1.'

Fig. 4 is an end view.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by numeral, A designates the liner of the truck, of the usual conshun-Lion, and B designates timbers which are of any suitable size and extending substantially the length of the truck body and to the side Sillsof each truck the. strips are securely bolted or otherwise secured. It

10 will be noted upon-reference to the draw-- ings that the upper surface of the strip is beveled, sloping toward the floor side. E designates an iron plate which has a beveled portion,- conforming to the beveled up per surface of said strip, and a horizontal portion E adapted to extend over the sill at the side of the ill or of the trnckto which said sill is fastened. End bands of metal, designated by letter N, are securel'l to the ends of the truck and overlap the ends of said strips to which they are securely fastened by screws or )ther suitable means.

By the provision of an attachment to a truck embodying the features of my invention, it will be noted that the body of the truck is not only gven greater width than the ordinary truck but the outer edges are raised slightly whizh makes it safer for a. load and also adds to the strength of the truck and its efficiency.

It will be noted that, by the simplicity of the attachment, it may be applied to trucks already in use or when the truck is being inade. f I

What I claim to be new isz- 1. In combinaticn-with a baggage and express truck, strips secured to the opposite sides thereof and having their upper surfaces inclined toward the floor of the truck, and an angled plate secured to the inclined portion of said strp and to the upper sur face of the floor of the truck.

2. In combination with a baggage and express truck, strips secured to the oppo site sides thereof and having their upper surfaces inclined :oward the floor of the truck, an angled plate secured to the inclined portion of said strip and to the up- .per surface of the floor of the tnuck, and

metallic bands secured to the ends of the truck. new-lapping: and fastened to said strips.

In testimony u-l'ereoi': I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses;

( HO RGE MADISON ENGLE.

Witnesses: v

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